Public invited to Hospital Authority Board Meeting
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
Members of the public are invited to attend the Hospital Authority (HA) Board Meeting to be held on March 27 (Thursday) at 4pm.
The HA Board Meeting has been open to members of the public since 1998 to demonstrate the continuous effort of the Authority to enhance its transparency and public accountability. The HA Board holds meetings at regular intervals to discuss major health policy issues that have impacts on the public. Through these open meetings, the community is able to understand more about the role and functions of the HA Board as well as the operation and services of the HA and its hospitals.
The HA Board will discuss the following agenda items in the coming meeting:
The meeting agenda and papers will be made available to the public at the meeting. Members of the public are reminded that they can attend the Board Meeting only as observers and will not be participating in the meeting discussions.
Members of the public who are interested in attending the coming Board Meeting have to make an advance booking by contacting the Secretariat of the HA Board at 2300 6797 before noon on March 27. To facilitate booking arrangements, members of the public are advised to provide their names and contact telephone numbers. In view of the limited seating available in the public gallery of the meeting venue, seating will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
CJ concludes visit to Australia
The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
Chief Justice Andrew Cheung, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, led a high-level delegation this Monday (March 24) to attend the 2025 Asia-Pacific Judicial Colloquium in Canberra, Australia, and concluded his visit today (March 26).
The Colloquium is a biennial event which brings together the chief justices and senior judges of the final appellate courts of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Hong Kong delegation included Mr Justice Roberto Ribeiro and Mr Justice Johnson Lam, Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal.
During the three-day programme in Canberra, Chief Justice Cheung met with delegations from the participating jurisdictions to strengthen professional exchanges and judicial connections with them, as well as to discuss various legal and judicial issues of common interest. At the Colloquium, Mr Justice Ribeiro gave a presentation entitled "Open Justice, Independent Adjudication and Judicial Use of Generative AI", while Mr Justice Lam spoke on the topic "Relevance or Irrelevance of Party Autonomy in Insolvency Proceedings".
Taking the opportunity of attending the Colloquium, Chief Justice Cheung visited the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Sydney before the event, and exchanged views on various judicial issues with the Acting Chief Justice. The delegation also met with several current and former Non-Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal, providing them with updates on the latest developments in the rule of law and administration of justice in Hong Kong.
CJ concludes visit to Australia Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
CJ concludes visit to Australia Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
CJ concludes visit to Australia Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
